A. Mitra et al., MAGNETIC-BEHAVIOR OF AMORPHOUS FE40NI40B20 ALLOY TREATED ISOTHERMALLYBELOW CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE, Materials transactions, JIM, 35(2), 1994, pp. 108-111
The amorphous Fe40Ni40B20-alloy shows excellent soft magnetic properti
es when heat-treated at 630 K for 10-15 min. The improved magnetic sof
tness is attributed to the relaxation of internal stress. The relaxati
on behaviour obeys the so-called 'ln t' kinetics. Small crystalline pa
rticles do appear after longer duration isothermal treatment at 630 K
which is much lower than the crystallization temperature. Formation of
crystalline particles induces magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the sy
stem which in turn detoriorates the magnetic softness.